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  • 福井市 · Fukui Prefecture — In comparison scope Open profile
  • 下関市 · Yamaguchi Prefecture — In comparison scope Open profile

Published measures

Descriptive values from their stated sources; periods may differ between measures.
Measure福井市下関市
Listed hospitals (facilities at provider locations)2721
Reported beds (beds reported by hospitals)4,4734,381
Resident population (people)254,029243,422
Listed hospitals per 100,000 residents10.638.63
Reported beds per 100,000 residents1,760.821,799.76

“Reported beds” are not licensed, staffed, available or occupied beds. Per-population rates combine provider-location counts with resident-population denominators; they do not measure access or capacity.

Facility profile and published bed measures

Measure福井市下関市
Listed hospitals (provider-location count)2721
Facilities with a reported bed count2721
Reported beds (hospital survey field)4,473 beds4,381 beds
Mean reported beds per reporting facility165.67 beds208.62 beds
Median reported beds per reporting facility102 beds234 beds
First quartile (Q1) of reported beds60 beds75 beds
Third quartile (Q3) of reported beds206 beds300 beds

Bed summaries exclude records with unknown bed counts. A missing bed count is not treated as zero. These figures describe the listed facility records and do not measure capacity or access.

Distribution of listed hospitals by reported-bed band

Bands are descriptive groups of reported bed counts. They are not quality ratings or rankings.

Measure福井市下関市
0–99 beds127
100–199 beds72
200–399 beds511
400+ beds31

福井市

Hospitals with 400 or more reported beds
11.11%
Share of reported beds at the three largest facilities
36.35%

Shares use facilities and bed counts reported in this snapshot; they do not rate places.

下関市

Hospitals with 400 or more reported beds
4.76%
Share of reported beds at the three largest facilities
26.77%

Shares use facilities and bed counts reported in this snapshot; they do not rate places.

Differences in the selected measures

These are descriptive numerical differences based on this comparison. They do not imply that either place is better, worse, adequately served or underserved.

  • Listed hospitals per 100,000 residents: 10.63 vs 8.63; absolute difference 2. Denominator: Resident population from the shared population release. Source periods: 1 June 2026 / 2025.
  • Share of hospitals with 400 or more reported beds: 11.11% vs 4.76%; absolute difference 6.35 percentage points. Denominator: Facilities with reported bed values in the shared facility snapshot. Source periods: 1 June 2026.
  • Reported beds per 100,000 residents: 1,760.82 vs 1,799.76; absolute difference 38.94. Denominator: Resident population from the shared population release. Source periods: 1 June 2026 / 2025.

Housing measures

Housing statistics describe the survey's municipal geography and reference period. They are not healthcare measures.

Measure福井市下関市
Housing units124,690 housing units138,660 housing units
Vacant housing rate16.079878%19.104284%
Owner-occupied housing rate67.304641%65.371901%
Rented housing rate32.695359%34.628099%
Floor area per dwelling126.41 m²95.45 m²
Monthly rent (includes zero-yen responses)48,382 JPY per month42,437 JPY per month

Road traffic safety records

These events are grouped by occurrence-location municipality, not by residents' place of residence or provider location. Counts do not measure individual risk or predict future events.

Measure福井市下関市
Road traffic accidents404 cases441 cases
Road traffic deaths6 people11 people
Road traffic injuries450 people530 people

Older population, households and care providers

Resident population

Resident-population geography.

Measure福井市下関市
Population aged 65 and over75,805 people90,326 people
Population aged 75 and over39,768 people47,776 people
Share of population aged 65 and over29.43781%35.87511%

Resident household measures

Household geography, based on residents' place of residence.

Measure福井市下関市
Single-person households with a householder aged 65 and over11,323 households19,483 households

Care providers by provider location

Provider-location geography. Provider counts do not show where residents receive services or whether services are available.

Measure福井市下関市
Home-visit care providers51 service providers64 service providers
Visiting nursing providers48 service providers39 service providers
Day-care providers59 service providers66 service providers
Care-management providers81 service providers95 service providers
Welfare-facility providers21 service providers17 service providers

Projected population

Future values are source-produced projections, not observed future outcomes. Each row retains its stated reference year and observation status.

Measure福井市下関市
Total population — 2020 (baseline)262,328 people255,051 people
Population aged 65 and over — 2020 (baseline)76,877 people91,210 people
Population aged 75 and over — 2020 (baseline)40,295 people48,269 people
Total population — 2025 (projected)252,933 people237,719 people
Population aged 65 and over — 2025 (projected)77,217 people89,321 people
Population aged 75 and over — 2025 (projected)45,738 people54,500 people
Total population — 2030 (projected)246,007 people222,393 people
Population aged 65 and over — 2030 (projected)78,453 people84,866 people
Population aged 75 and over — 2030 (projected)48,010 people55,205 people
Total population — 2035 (projected)238,570 people207,161 people
Population aged 65 and over — 2035 (projected)79,412 people80,945 people
Population aged 75 and over — 2035 (projected)48,242 people52,329 people
Total population — 2040 (projected)230,489 people192,227 people
Population aged 65 and over — 2040 (projected)82,472 people79,651 people
Population aged 75 and over — 2040 (projected)48,286 people48,228 people
Total population — 2045 (projected)222,112 people177,938 people
Population aged 65 and over — 2045 (projected)83,108 people76,500 people
Population aged 75 and over — 2045 (projected)48,492 people45,370 people
Total population — 2050 (projected)213,712 people164,753 people
Population aged 65 and over — 2050 (projected)82,129 people72,543 people
Population aged 75 and over — 2050 (projected)51,543 people45,927 people

Children, families and related measures

This group brings together measures with different definitions and source periods. A listed specialty or facility record is not evidence of service quality, capacity, availability or access.

This measure reports the source-published capacity as of 1 April 2025. It does not show vacancies or places currently available. Figures published only for a designated city are not allocated to its wards. Where no ward-level figure is verified, no figure is shown; this does not mean zero.

Measure福井市下関市
Population aged 0–1464,705 people53,170 people
Share of population aged 0–1412.83295%11.18243%
Facilities with a listed pediatrics entry11 facilities5 facilities
Physicians whose principal specialty is pediatrics59 people26 people
Facilities with a listed obstetrics and gynecology entry5 facilities4 facilities
Published childcare enrollment capacity9,519 capacity slots5,589 capacity slots
Households with members under 1823,198 households19,592 households
Measure福井市下関市
Projected population aged 0–14 — 1 October 202033,164 people28,194 people
Projected population aged 0–14 — 1 October 202529,875 people24,285 people
Projected population aged 0–14 — 1 October 203026,709 people20,425 people
Projected population aged 0–14 — 1 October 203524,588 people18,068 people
Projected population aged 0–14 — 1 October 204024,007 people17,099 people
Projected population aged 0–14 — 1 October 204523,242 people16,169 people
Projected population aged 0–14 — 1 October 205022,140 people14,966 people

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  • Values are descriptive statistics based on the same published facility snapshot.
  • Facilities with unknown bed counts are excluded from bed mean, median and distribution summaries; missing bed counts are not treated as zero.
  • Numeric differences describe facility composition. They do not indicate healthcare quality, capacity, access, need, adequacy, superiority or rank.
  • Population-denominated measures use the Basic Resident Register reference date as descriptive context; they do not measure need, access, quality, adequacy or superiority.
  • When a municipality has a zero population denominator, rates per 100,000 residents are not displayed, to avoid division by zero.

Sources and reference periods

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